Today at the Shockey Brigade
So I recovered from the emotional blow I took late yesterday (see end of previous post) by playing 3 hours of Guitar Hero this morning. It’s 3pm and I still feel like a rock star. Though I gotta say, I’m still pretty new at this whole Guitar Hero thing, but even on medium I don’t think I’ll ever be able to finish Muse’s Knights of Cydonia.
Anyway, a few things I’m following on duty on the late shift here today:
- Jeremy Shockey is out 3-6 weeks with a sport hernia. Ouch, buddy. Obviously the medical staff in New Orleans is second rate to that of the Giants. Didn’t think of that when you decided to leave, did ya??
- With six games left, if the Yankees win all their games and the Red Sox lose all of theirs, the teams would meet in a playoff for the Wild Card spot. I was shocked to hear this, as I truly believed the baseball season was over (see previous post). Having said that, any Yankees-related optimism on my part went out the window in early August. Still, wouldn’t it be kind of cool if the Yankees went into Boston on Friday down 3 games?
- Meanwhile, New York’s other team is again in the midst of doing everything they can to honor those fans who bought tickets to Sunday’s game against Florida assuming it’d be the last at Shea Stadium. Evidence = Cubs P Jason Marquis, 5 RBI’s. Ironic headline of the day: on http://www.mets.com/, “Mets know that the Cubs aren’t coasting”. I bet they do…
- Interestingly, the Yankees Pythagorean Over/Under is +2.2, the Sox is -2.4, the Mets is about even, the Cubs is -1 and the Rockies is +1.5. Just thought I’d share that.
- Fantasy baseball update: Tied in my playoff battle for the coveted 9th place position in one league, finished 6th in my other league. Conclusion: my teams kinda sucked this year. Secondary conclusion: spending money on fantasy baseball analysis websites is silly and meaningless. Except Yahoo StatTracker… that thing is awesome.
- Fantasy football update: I’m not in any leagues. I consider myself far worse at fantasy football than baseball, so I’m not that bummed. I did try to join one league but was kicked out before the season started. It might have had something to do with me picking all Giants players in that league last year.
- How could I forget to mention the end of the Starbury era in New York?? Well, I’m mentioning it. Not much else to say.
- Ahmadinejad is speaking at the UNGA right now. This would probably be a big deal in the US in an election year, but since Sarah Palin’s not there no one seems to care. I care, though, because I just discovered that Iran is one spot ahead of my team, Israel, in the current FIFA world rankings. You also probably didn’t know that Iran has the third largest soccer stadium in the world. Thrilling stuff, huh.
I’ll be back throughout the evening to add more. If you want to discuss anything bring it up in the comments.
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